Dewing Grain Podcast

In this week’s Bitesize, Andrew is joined by Webby to debrief on a pretty eventful couple of days. They run through the latest on the peace negotiations before turning to what farmers are likely to be drilling this season. Malting barley comes under the microscope — with profitability increasingly hard to justify, it’s becoming a tougher decision to grow. Andrew closes with a note of caution: ther...

This week Andrew is joined by Ben and Webby, and things kick off in typical fashion with Ben and Webby taking jabs at each other. Ben also reports that his bike recently had a run-in with a pheasant — the pheasant started it. He then brings up the French freezer cyber-attack before Andrew takes the wheel with some good news — Dewing Grain’s Oct-Dec Pool will be over £200 per tonne. Andrew closes o...

This week Joe and Webby take charge while Andrew is out on the road. They cover the upcoming tender, look ahead to the USDA report due out Friday, and touch on the Australian crop. They close out with the most important news of the week — Ben has set a new personal best on his cycle route around Aylsham. The bar has been raised. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Andrew is joined by Ben and Webby, and SFI is back on the agenda. The numbers speak for themselves — 40,000 applicants, 12,500 managed to get in. The team then turn their attention to war and what it means for markets. Webby makes the case that the market is currently undervalued, and Andrew closes with his concerns about new crop spring barley tonnages. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pr...

This week Andrew is joined by Ben to dig into SFI. Andrew kicks off the market report with talk of Biscuit-gate. They start with the frustrations around getting into the scheme in the first place, before making the case that UK farmers are already doing plenty to look after the land — with or without a government scheme to tell them so. The pair then venture into slightly existential territory, di...

In this week's Bitesize, Andrew opens with the two main factors driving prices right now. He makes the case that the UK is shorter of wheat than most people realise, and touches on the current state of Russian-Ukrainian grain flows. Andrew also flags a limited supply of low nitrogen spring barley as one to watch, before closing with a word of caution — Russian and Ukrainian wheat will find its way...

This week Andrew is joined by Joe, Ben and Webby. Ben opens with a debrief from his recent visit to the House of Commons with the AIC. Webby then proceeds to show his age with some thoughts on phones. The team get into imports, Donald Trump's latest bribe, and Ben covers the recent Houthi activity. In breaking news, Ben has announced he will be braving the shave within the next six months — you he...

In this week's Bitesize, Andrew opens by acknowledging the recent lack of guests — normal service will resume soon. He moves on to the big news of the moment: Putin wants peace? Andrew shares his belief that once autumn drilling is out of the way, farmers will start to move more grain. He covers the feed barley market holding up well, touches on the cheap wheat stuck in Russia, and rounds things o...

This week Andrew is joined by Joe, Ben and Webby. They open with a look at the changing sources of world wheat, before Ben gets into President Xi's visit to the US. Andrew weighs in on Trump's latest antics — never a dull moment — before closing things out with some thoughts on the importance of the malting industry and why it deserves more attention than it gets. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pr...

It's the 400th episode of the Dewing Grain Podcast — and what better way to mark the occasion than a trip through history. Andrew is joined by Liz to dig into the Dewing family story, from the possibility that the Dewings traded grain with Coke of Holkham, to the extraordinary claim that they may have taught Lord Nelson to sail. Andrew also shares how the Dewings played a significant role in estab...

This week Andrew is joined by Susie Emmett, President of the Aylsham Show this year. They open by giving a well-deserved nod to everyone who puts in the hard work to set up and run the show. The conversation turns to the struggles farmers are currently facing, before Susie shares her plans to celebrate women in agriculture at this year's event. They also touch on the charitable donations the show...

This week Andrew is joined by Ben and Webby. Andrew and Ben open with a debrief from the recent trip, with special thanks to Daniel Liddell and Copenhagen Merchants for their hospitality. Andrew shares some encouraging news on malting barley prices improving on farm, before Webby reports that East Anglia's harvest is nearly wrapped up. Ben then graciously thanks Webby and Harry for holding down th...

This week Andrew is joined by Webby and Ben to discuss a rapid harvest and last week's brutal drop in market prices. The team question why the market hasn't reflected recent political events, and why spring barley is performing so poorly — with a 65% loss rate and considerable variability in the spec of barley coming into store. Feed wheat prices are looking up though, and Norfolk has finally had...

This week Andrew is joined by Webby to mark over seven years of the podcast — not bad going. A quick note: the main chat was recorded before the market dropped on Friday, so Andrew has added an up to date take on proceedings. It's been a week of bombshells. British Sugar announced the closure of the Cantley factory, and Frontier are shutting their Diss and Eye stores — big news for the region. The...

This week Andrew is joined by Ben and Webby to dig into the recent price rally. Webby notes that the trade seems a little less starry-eyed second time around for the recent conflict escalations in Ukraine and Russia. The team debate whether farmers should be looking at selling 2027 crop and sitting tight on 2026 for now. There's some cautiously good news on spring barley retention, and Ben rounds...

In this week's Bitesize, Andrew opens with an update on the winter barley harvest so far. He moves on to Ukraine hitting the Russian shadow fleet and the closure of the Azov Strait — one to watch. Andrew expects feed barley to follow the momentum of feed wheat, and shares his belief that crop sizes are shrinking. He rounds things off on a brighter note — OSR is shaping up to be the crop of the yea...

This week Andrew is back and joined by Ben and Webby. They start by looking at the issues coming in with the early winter barley samples, before turning to the disappointing value of feed barley. Ben brings up the situation in India, and the team round things off with a look at oil and shipping. 🚶 Podcast walk — Tuesday 7th, 2pm, Dewing Grain Aylsham office. Boots on.   Hosted on Acast. See...

This week the reins are handed to Joe, Webby and Harry while Andrew is away. They kick things off with the hot weather and what it's doing to crops, before Joe and Webby give a debrief from the Norfolk Show on Wednesday. Joe also reflects on the 10 year anniversary of Brexit — pop the champagne. Apologies also for the intermittent technical difficulties with Webby's mic. We're working on it. 🚶 Po...

This week Andrew is joined by Joe, Ben and Webby. Andrew kicks off with the news that malting barley is looking good across Europe and Scotland — which, unfortunately, doesn't bode well for values. He talks about maltsters moving away from winter barley, before the team get into Andrew's guest appearance on the Farmers Weekly Podcast at Cereals. They also discuss the messages coming out of the lat...

In this week's Bitesize, Andrew recaps the goings on at Cereals 2026, held at Clarkson's Farm on Wednesday — quite the venue. He talks about farmer moods more broadly, before turning to the big question on everyone's mind: what's this Super El Niño going to mean for us? 🚶 Podcast walk — 7th July, location TBC. Boots on standby. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's Bitesize, Andrew opens with the news everyone's been waiting for — rain! He takes a moment to reflect on his prediction about old crop prices coming back down proving correct, before running through where prices stand right now. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's Bitesize, Andrew is joined by Ben while Webby is away eating meats and cheeses. Prices have been mostly flat this week, possibly down to the half term lull. Andrew reveals a secret malting barley deal for store members, and Ben and Joe are heading off to the spring Bourse — watch this space. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's Bitesize, Andrew opens with a look at the current state of the wheat market before running through values for both new and old crop. He then turns to the heatwave — how much damage is it actually doing? Andrew also shares his thoughts on malting barley and whether now is the time to market it. 🚶 Podcast walk — Charles Bracey's, 27th May, 2pm. What3words: most.shuttled.rhino. Boots...

This week Andrew is joined by Ben and Webby. They kick things off with a debrief from the recent farmer meeting, before turning to the AHDB and whether their wheat figures are quite as reliable as they'd like us to think. The team talk about the May 27 ex farm price pushing up towards £200 — one to watch. They also weigh in on who the next Prime Minister might be, and Ben rounds things off by givi...

This week Andrew is joined by Ben and Webby to discuss the current "peace" and what it means for the market — inverted commas very much intended. Webby digs into the correlation between oil and wheat on the futures charts, before the team talk about locking in higher fertiliser purchases against the improved grain prices. They also cover the market shorts still working their way out, and Andrew fl...